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Earn your teaching license without leaving your job.
A graduate degree for working adults pursuing their first teaching license.
The Master of Arts in Teaching is for people who already hold a bachelor’s degree and want to earn their first license without quitting their day job. Classes are fully remote and paced with full-time work in mind. Most students keep their current jobs while they study.
During the capstone teaching semester, students who are not teachers of record for their own classrooms will need a full-time, 10-week placement that would require them to step out of their current employment temporarily for their final field experience before licensure.
You’ll earn your initial teaching license partway through the program. In your final year, you’ll add an English Language Learners (ELL) endorsement, a credential that’s in growing demand across U.S. schools.
The MAT runs on the school calendar. You’ll meet weekly on Zoom with your professors and cohort during the academic year, then move to asynchronous summer coursework with weekly due dates so you can finish at your own pace.
Choose between two paths: Elementary Education MAT (35 credits, K–6 license) or Secondary Education MAT (31 credits, grades 5–12 in your subject area).
Most courses include school-based teaching requirements. If you’re not currently in a classroom, our faculty will help arrange placements.
In your final year, you’ll complete the coursework and Praxis exam to earn an English Language Learners license, also available as a standalone graduate certificate for already-licensed teachers.
35 credit hours · $18,375 total. Earn your initial K–6 license, then add the English Language Learners endorsement in your final year.
31 credit hours · $16,275 total. Teach grades 5–12 in your subject area, plus the English Language Learners endorsement.
Coming in as a first-year Spanish teacher, a native Spanish speaker, and someone still navigating education in the U.S., I always felt supported and understood. The program constantly connected what we were learning to what was actually happening in my classroom, which made everything feel real and meaningful. I loved that it pushed me to think deeper about language acquisition, equity, and how to truly support multilingual students instead of just teaching content. The professors genuinely cared and treated us like future professionals from day one. I feel way more confident in myself as an educator now, and I can honestly say Goshen helped shape the kind of teacher I want to be.
Maria Teresa Guillen Garcia
2025 M.A.T. grad, Early College Spanish teacher at Penn High School
Tuition is $525 per credit hour, billed by semester with payment plans available.
Goshen alumni receive 10% off. Employees of Affinity Partner organizations receive 15% off. State, community and internal scholarships are also available.
Already completed graduate coursework? Transcripts are evaluated individually for transfer credit.
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